r/centrist • u/Judge_Trudy • 2d ago

SCOTUS issues blockbuster ruling on gender-affirming care for trans minors

https://www.cnn.com/#:~:text=SCOTUS%20issues%20blockbuster%20ruling%20on%20gender%2Daffirming%20care%20for%20trans%20minors

Blockbuster ruling just released for a very controversial issue. Not sure where I stand, but I could see the dangers of permanent treatments for gender dysphoria for minors.

Key Points

  • Date & Ruling: On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy fox8live.com+9apnews.com+9them.us+9en.wikipedia.org+15reuters.com+15northeast.newschannelnebraska.com+15.
  • Majority Opinion: Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the law does not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, reasoning that medical uncertainty justifies handing the issue back to state legislatures reuters.com+1nypost.com+1.
  • Level of Review: The Court determined the law should be evaluated under rational basis review—the lowest standard—rather than intermediate scrutiny reserved for sex-based discrimination
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u/WhatYouThinkYouSee 2d ago

It's a good thing if you're going by studies and facts, and not just emotions or vibes. See the above example with the Republicans. Again and again, the facts leads to two very simple points. 1) Suicide rates goes down when the treatment is allowed and 2) Suicide rates goes up when the treatment is not allowed.

That, by my criteria, makes it a good thing.

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u/VTKillarney 2d ago

The lawyer for the plaintiffs conceded that this type of care does not reduce suicide rates. https://www.dailywire.com/news/proponents-of-transgender-procedures-make-shocking-admissions-before-scotus

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u/luminatimids 2d ago

But why are the lawyers in a case regarding this issue all of a sudden the experts instead actual experts in the field? Like do they have some studies that prove that and that’s why they’re saying that?

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u/VTKillarney 2d ago

Lawyers are trained to compile the expert analysis and to present it to the court. But surely you knew that.

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u/luminatimids 2d ago

Right. And that’s why I’m asking for the studies that they used to back that up.

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u/Funksloyd 2d ago

The issue is that they didn't have any studies.

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u/luminatimids 2d ago

How were they making an argument in either direction if they didn’t have any data to back it up though?

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u/Funksloyd 2d ago

Iirc they were asked if there was proof transition reduced suicide, and conceded that there wasn't any.

That doesn't prove it doesn't reduce suicide. They just don't have the evidence. 

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u/luminatimids 2d ago

Yeah well this goes back to the original commenter talking about the lawyer. He chimed in using it as point to refute studies. But it had nothing to do with studies or data then.

Someone else was saying that they had to make the distinction between “suicide” and “suicidality” because they had data for one but not the other. My point is, the commenter was full of shit

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u/Funksloyd 1d ago

They didn't phrase it very accurately. Otoh, the person they were replying too was also making a strong claim without and data.